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The Online Magazine for Alumni and Friends of Siena Heights University
“Rising Stars” is a regular feature in Reflections. It profiles Siena Heights alumni who have graduated within the past 10 years and who excel in their careers, occupations or community service accomplishments. To be considered for “Rising Stars” in an upcoming issue of Reflections, fill out the online form at www.sienaheights.edu/risingstars. Those who are selected to be included in an upcoming issue of the magazine will be contacted by the Reflections staff.
Stephannie (Gonzalez) Bultema
Graduation year: 2014.
Current title/position: Specialist, Ad Operations, PGA TOUR.
What Stephannie is doing: She currently works for the PGA TOUR in Ponte Vedra Beach, Fla. as an Ad Operations Specialist. She is responsible for managing ad campaigns on both PGATOUR.com and GolfDigest.com. She began this role in February 2020 and said she is looking forward to being a part of this great organization for years to come. Her career in advertising started off at MLive Media Group (MLive.com) in Grand Rapids, Mich., where she was a Digital Operations Specialist. Her next job was as an Ad Operations Campaign Coordinator at the National Football League (NFL) in Los Angeles. She was primarily responsible for managing digital ad campaigns for the 32 team websites. She was a key person in Game Pass International campaigns and also helped with NFL 100 initiatives that celebrated the Leagues 100th season. Most notably, she helped clubs promote playoff games and Super Bowl LIV.
Well, that didn’t turn out the way I thought it would.
That probably was the collective feeling of us all entering the year 2020. As the chair of the Centennial Committee, I was looking forward to the end of Siena Heights University’s 100th anniversary year with a slew of events and activities, culminating with Commencement Weekend.
Instead, you all know what happened. A worldwide pandemic shut down almost everything in its path, including the best laid plans at Siena Heights.
In fact, since the Adrian campus closed in mid-March, I have only been on campus twice since late July. For the past few months, my new office has been the patio room of my home. My new office mate is my cat, and thankfully, he sleeps on the job most of the time.
During the early stages of my mandated stay-at-home work order, a phrase came to mind that our president, Sister Peg, has said many, many times over the years: Siena Heights is more than just bricks and mortar; it’s about the people.
My hope is that you are all safe and well during this COVID pandemic. Special thanks to all essential workers at Siena and across our nation who continue going to work in person each day to keep our world moving.
As you might guess, this pandemic has brought with it many changes at Siena. In order to keep in touch, and offer continued value to our alums and friends, we have initiated some virtual programming that I would like to share with you:
We have launched an Alumni (and friends) virtual book club. This no-cost club features discussion boards where you can chat with others about the current, member-selected read. Check it out and join us here: https://www.pbc.guru/shu.
Another recent offering has been our SHU Alumni Consortium featuring a variety of informative webinars. These webinars take place at noon on various days, but If the webinar day/time doesn’t work into your schedule, you can watch any program you wish a day after its premier. I encourage you to look here to view both the upcoming and archived selection: https://alumlc.org/sienaheights. Read more . . .
